badly hurt tonight after being hit by a septa bus and helm officials try >> this was a deadly night on the streets of philadelphia in south philadelphia a woman was killed in a crash involving a septa bus in east mt. airy.

a man was killed by a hit-and-run driver. in both cases children had to witness the tragedy involving their loved ones. it is friday night app the big story on "action news" tonight begins at 15 and washington avenue. a 29-year-old woman and 8-year-old son were crossing the street when tragedy struck in the form of a septa bus. "action news" reporter sharee williams is live at the scene. sharee. >> and jim, this all happened just before 7:30 right in the street behind me. the initial investigation philadelphia police telling me that it appears they were not using the crosswalk. and that they may have tried to outrun the bus. >> it's the type of tragedy no young child should endure seeing a parent die. >> it's tragic. tragic accident. >> philadelphia police say a 29-year-old home was walking with-year-old sop when the two tried to cross the street at 15 and washington in south philadelphia, 8-year-old son.

this as a septa bus was making a left turn on to washington. that's when investigators say the mom and son accidentally got in the path of the bus. >> bus was in motion. i suspect based on what i understand, they knew the bus was in motion. and they tried to outrun the bus as it was making its turn. she was struck by the right front of bus. >> the mother fell under the front tire and became entangled under the bus the boy was struck and is expected to be okay. his mother's injuries were too severe. she died at the scene. police say the boy stayed by his mom ace side trying to do all he could to save her life. >> this little boy watched this happen to his mother and was actually trying to rendered aid to her before arrival of police and the officer arrived and found him sitting with her. >> this was route 27 bus that was involved in this accident. accident investigators from the

philadelphia police department along with septa now conducting internal investigation speaking with the driver of the bus. no one was on the bus at the time of this crash. as for the-year-old he is at chop recovering from his injuries. we're live in south philadelphia, sharee williams, "channel 6 action news," jim . >> all right. sharee. let's switch to "action news" reporter chad pradelli gorgus lane in east mt. airy police caught to suspects but it was hit and run tragedy. >> a terrible tragedy 73-year-old grandfather is dead and 13-year-old grandson treated at a local hospital. there is wreckage behind me. you can see the collision was forceful. here's what police are tell me the two cars collided at the intersection and appears the suv did not stop it t bond that red compact car instantly killing grand father and 13-year-old grandson was taken to einstein.

he's since been transferred to chop. as for driver and passenger in. uv they plead on footch the passenger was caught on gorgus lane hiding under steps and driver was found 300 block hehan. i'm told by police the driver of that suv is not cooperating and police believe drugs and/or alcohol were involved in this fatal hit-and-run. again, a grandfather is dead. a 13-year-old grandson is at chop being treated for injuries. but i'm told he'll survive. live in east mt. airy, chad pradelli, chapel 6abc news, jim. >> thank you, chad, we're following breaking news in the juniata section of philadelphia. a 61-year-old man is in critical company after shot in the chest. this happened in the 1500 block of east luzerne after 9:00 tonight. the victim was rushed to temple university hospital in critical condition. so far no arrest nor a motive.

police arrested suspected car thief after he led officers phone a chase through several philadelphia neighborhoods tonight. the 20 minute pursuit came to end in kensington just after 8:00. police say the suspect bailed from the car, tried to fake out officers by just walking done the street, talking on his cellphone. they did not fall for it. he surrendered. >> a mystery respiratory illness has claimed the life of a 4-year-old preschool student in hamilton township, new jersey. the child attended yardville elementary school. new jersey health officials sent samples to cdc to find out if the illness is the enterovirus 68. a severe case of the virus was confirmed in a child from delaware and the illness sent hundreds of children to hospitals in 30 states. close to 50 people prayed and mar.ed for iesha rockman tonight

in logan philadelphia. she's the 15-year-old delaware valley charter student killed by a stray bullet outside einstein medical center monday and today they aups noed arrest of quadeer gibson star football player from father judge is accused of directing trigger man darian person to shoot at that location. at tonight's vijit community members prayed for rockman's family and called for end to gun violence. >> our heart go out to family of iesha and loved ones and heart go out to all those in the philadelphia area that lost young people. >> gib sop has been charged as an adult for murder and cop sirscy. accused cop-killer eric frein plot add tack for years. investigators say a search of ten's hard drive showed extensive internet research on how to avoid policeman hupts. and today, authorities search the abandoned buck hill in in the poconos but there was no

sign of frein. frein is accused of killing corporate brian dickson and another state trooper was injured two weeks ago. >> reports say warplanes and dronz hit isis tanks, humvees, check point and bunkers. meanwhile more western allies join the fight today. britain parliament voted to join the coalition and will deploy tornado fighters. belgium and denmark also signed on today. between the two they'll send 13 f 16 fighter jets to strike i isis in iraq. >> arson and attempted suicide brought operations to a halt at two of the countries busiest airports today a fire at air control traffic center near chicago was deliberately set by a contract employee. and the man with multiple self inflicked stab wounds and burns was found in the basement. air traffic at o'hare and midway

airports was grounded and 1800 flights cancelled and investigators have no motive but they have ruled out terrorism. >> still to come on "action news" tonight, ford recalls more than 800,000 vehicles because of a problem concerning air bags. >> and plus the eagles are flying in their game plan for match-up of 49ers. ducis rogers has that story ahead. >> beautiful friday, temperatures in 7 0s and 80s in the west and moving in for the weekend. i have a forecast you don't want to mix. >> plus the fix is in. apple rolls out another update to fix bugs in new operating system that and more when to fix bugs in new operating system that and more when "action news" continues tonight

>> ford is recalling models including 2013-14 ford c-max compact, fusion mid size, escape suv and lincoln mkz luxury car. >> apple rolled out another fix to deal with bugs playing iphone six. today's ios update comes two days after last upgrade for operating system which essentially rendered the devices useless. the new update reportedly fixes network connection issues and problems with the iphone's fingerprint reader. >> well tonight was opening night for subscription surprise of philadelphia orchestra. "action news" was there as concert goers filed into the kimle center to begin the third season of music director yanik

yanik nazahagan's teen you're. he's set to be 40 and so he programmed 40 pieces that have not been played in 40 years. so during a taping this week for one on one interest you'll have we'll broadcast monday night the maestro explained to me his growing relationship of the audience nrupsing the repertoire this year. >> i have the responsibility of getting -- giving some -- enlarging or widening the horizons of the audience. and. >> ft. audience would vote they would vet vote for mozart and bay telephone ep every week. >> exactly and it's important we keep giving this to them. in fresh way. but also, the key word for me is to cultivate a certain trust that audience up crew creasingly

is trustingfy program this piece it will be interesting eachfy don't know it. >> he's smart, self effacing humble, human ur us and brilliantly talented. we'll have the one-on-one interview monday night at 11:00. and an educator for university of the arts in philadelphia is providing glimpse into the lives of gay and lesbian couples. photographerry add juvrpingt associate professor barbara proud also known as b. proud celebrated her book "first comes love." the book has lgbt couples some together 50 yards. and the school of music performed to celebrate the occasion. >> residents of man yuvrption fell in embracing the reej yn's roots. they set 1 bonfires afloat in

the manayunk canal at autumn equinox fir and water festival. family friendly celebration which also features traditional dance takes inspiration from native american folklore. it will not feel like fall this weekend. here's cecily tynan. >> jim the nice things about the weekend we'll have summerlike temperatures and we'll have fall humidity levels. low humidity levels. >> that's great. >> i think most people will find the weekend really spectacular. stormtracker 6 double scan showing no rain out there tonight. and sky6 time lapse showing no clouds either you can see just a cloud free sky as the sun was very slowly going over the horizon and the sunseting at 6:52 after rising this morning at 6:52. after today we'll be getting more of the darkness that the light and temperatures typically will really start cooling off and they'll be warming up for the next two days first.

right now, 65 in philadelphia. but allentown and reading dropping to 59 degrees. wilmington 57. millville cool 56. trenton 58, sea isle city 6. it's typically cool night. satellite 6 and action radar showing this high pressure responsible for bringing us all the sunshine this weekend and warm-up with high pressure you get sinking air. it squeezes out all the moisture in atmosphere and that will bring us sunshine and also what it does in higher levels of the atmosphere it forces the jet stream well up to the north. it pushes that cool air away. it's replaced by the warm air. and future tracker showing tomorrow afternoon we will be comfortably warm. 1 degrees. we're not alone. st. louis, 3. bismarck, north dakota makes it up to the 80s. the eastern half of the country will be warm. not a bad weekend. take advantage of it head down the shore. ocean temperatures 70. tomorrow, wall-to-wall sunshine.

and if you like today you'll like tomorrow but it will be warmer, 77 degrees and sunday, sunny and pleasant also with a high of 77 degrees. so don't forget the suncreen if you're heading down the shore. also, this is nascar race weekend in dover and it is looking really nice. tomorrow, sunny, gorgeous for the nationwide series race and 79 degrees and sunday for the sprint cup race mostly sunny and temperature of 80. this is really nice timing. the day planner showing tomorrow again wall to wall sunshine all day long. bright blue skies. low humidity at 7:00. 60. by 10:00, 70. 1:00, 79 and by 4:00, 82. so the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast all about timing and mother nature is timing this out perfectly. a fall beauty tomorrow but feel like summer, high of 82 degrees. again wall to wall sunshine. sunday warmer 3. and late in the day we'll probably see high, thin milky

white cirrus clouds move n still we'll get fillederd sunshine and sunday afternoon the weather is looking nice in san francisco as eagles take on 49ers. kickoff 71 by 4th quarter 73 under partly sunny skies. heading into monday clouding up. we'll see sunshine especially early in the day. cooling off a little but a warm day high of 79. then tuesday and wednesday lots of clouds from a system offshore at this point it looks like the bulk of moisture will stay off the coast and we could have showers if it goes further west. temperatures will cool off to more seasonable levels. 74 degrees. thursday much brighter 76 and friday partly sunny and cool. cool start to yom kippur with high of 6 8 degrees. summerlike temperatures this weekend and fall returns late next week. >> having a good weekend. >> you too, >> and a robotics competition of

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respect for each other. >> i don't call him or text him during the season or any of those things but have a great respect for him and all the football coaches. >> they do a phenomenal job that's evident whether you're having football conversation with him or watching their tape. like all the coaches i really like. he's a football guy. >> jason peters has been find 10,000 for nrol fight with redskins and red kin does he ten receive lineman filed 8 68. >> leave open the care santa claire sunday 11:30 a.m. we'll wrap it up with eagles game day final. >> season got over yet but first axe has fallen. marty has been with the organization since 1992. >> fims and braves. williams struggles early. chris johnson yeah we need another baseball two-run homer phils down 4-0 they score four

runs in sixth inning. freddie a tanner. dom brown avoids the tag at the plate. now 5-4 phils in the ninth. papelbon enters. cheered here. the phils win 5-4. that's sports. >> thank you, ducis. >> school spirit brought residents to aston delaware county and they all came together tonight. families lined streets for sun valley high school homecoming parade. this year's theme one valley, one world. the sophomore class created an egyptian theme float putting 200 man hours into it making parade goers feel like they were in the

>> donors dogs even former govern nor ed rendell turned out tonight. the photographs featured philadelphians and pets for second annual art exhibit. tonight's ticket and raffle sales benefit the red paw emergency relief team. the animal partner of the red cross. >> "high school huddle" next on channel 6 followed by "jimmy kimmel live" and "nightline". "action news" continues at 5:30 a.m. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner have rogers and the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner have a good night and great weekend

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